When a bear named Mack wakes up with a boy on his back, weknowinstantly that we're back in the droll and sweetly wacky world created bySeanBryan and Tom Murphy in their first two highly successful picture booksabout abunny-wearing boy and his sister Claire, who wakes up with a gator on herhair.Like A Boy and His Bunny and A Girl and Her Gator, this new picture bookwillentertain young children and their parents, and put smiles on the faces oftheirgrandparents too.Mack, a type-A bear who is terribly over-scheduled, is initiallystressedto discover the boy, named Zach, and tells him: "Here's the deal . . . I'vegotno time to slack. I'm looking at my schedule, and it is jam-packed."Butin theend, after a rhyme-filled tour through Mack's fanciful schedule, Zachteachesthe bear to slow down and enjoy life, rather than rush through it. With aplayful text and simple, witty illustrations, A BEAR AND HIS BOY will help everyone stop and smell the lilacs!